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CONTACT US

If there are any questions we can help with, please contact us.

Either call us +33 (0)2 97 70 10 35,
email us at info@lavieilleferme-morbihan.com
or simply fill this form and we’ll get back to you shortly:

Thank you for your message, we will get back to you shortly. Mandy and Alan Forbes

Getting here
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Address:   La Vieille Ferme, Gayon, 56140 Ruffiac, Brittany, France

Getting here

CAR

Calculate your route with Google Maps

BOAT

Nearest ferries:

St Malo, Roscoff, Cherbourg, Caen, Le Havre

 

www.brittanyferries.co.uk
www.poferries.com

www.dfds.com

www.ldlines.com
www.condorferries.co.uk

PLANE

TRAIN

Nearest stations: 

Questembert, Redon, Vannes, Rennes

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www.eurostar.com

www.sncf.com

www.ouigo.com

www.omio.com

www.thetrainline.com

Need to hire a car? Up to 10% discount from our partner scheme with Rhino Car Rental. Just enquire when you book

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About us

About us

We bought La Vieille Ferme (The Old Farmhouse) in 2016, after travelling the length and breadth of Brittany looking for our dream home. We fell in love with it the moment we stepped out of the car, and five months later, and after a 15 hour car journey, we moved in.

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The property had been partially renovated when we acquired it, and we continued the renovation, finishing Le Grenier (The Granary) in June 2017, La Petite Grange (The Little Barn) in January 2019, and our largest property, La Crèmerie (The Dairy), in March 2020. Our three cottages now give us the flexibility to allow groups of families and friends to book the whole complex, up to 14 people. The previous owner, who has now become a good friend, has kindly given us some old photographs of how it looked before the renovation started – some of these can be seen in the gîtes.

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As the place was an old cattle farm, there was very little aesthetic planting, so during the winter months we have planted dozens of trees, hundreds of hedging plants, flowering shrubs and bulbs. We leave parts of the fields uncut to encourage wildflowers and wildlife. We cut pathways through the fields, to allow our guests to enjoy exploring them. The paths connect to our 4 acre woodland, which also has a circular walk that you are welcome to explore.

There are also lots of bat and bird boxes we have put up around the place, in an effort to encourage even more wild life. We have identified over 60 different species of birds here, and we have been really lucky to see some rarer birds, including hoopoes, hen harriers, cuckoos, barn owls, stonechats, and nightjars. Then of course there are the fabulous swallowtail, clouded yellow, fritillary and skipper butterflies, to name a few. We also have regular visits to the fields and woodland from roe deer and wild boar, red squirrels, polecats and pine martens, and are quite often serenaded by the sound of tree frogs in the spring and early summer evenings.

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As you can tell, we are passionate about nature, and we would love you to come and enjoy this wonderful place.

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Alan and Mandy Forbes

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La Vieille Ferme is located in South Brittany, 50 kms away from the sea and only 55 kms from the nearest airport.

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